At ChicagoPride.com, Sunday means that it's time to look back at this week in gay Chicago news as covered by the GoPride.com News Staff. The top local and national stories of interest as ranked by popularity on the network.
Santorum did not have Grindr on his iPhone http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30925809 Former US presidential candidate Rick Santorum has recently been the subject of an Internet hoax that claimed he had been caught with a well-known gay dating app on his iPhone.
2 downstate Illinois county clerks receive permission to defend gay marriage ban http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30881401 A judge Tuesday granted two downstate Illinois county clerks permission to defend the state's 16-year-old gay marriage ban in court.
Facebook adds new icons for married same-sex couples http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30825936 Facebook has updated its marriage status to include recognition for users who are married to a person of the same sex by providing new marriage icons representing same-sex couples.
FDA approves first over-the-counter home use HIV test kit http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30892500 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test, the first over-the-counter, self-administered HIV test kit.
Feds continue push for equal LGBT health care http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30959136 The number of American hospitals striving to treat LGBT patients equally and respectfully is on the rise, according to a report released on June 19 by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Chely Wright: Some churches want me to stop saying I'm a gay Christian http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30792681 Country music star Chely Wright has revealed that some churches want her to stop saying that she is a gay Christian.
Extreme heat warning issued for Chicago http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30914704 Brace yourselves for the heat as Chicago sizzles under dangerous heat this Fourth of July. The Chicago area is under an excessive heat warning that runs through Friday at 6 p.m.
Darren Criss, Chris Colfer, Matt Bomer named hottest men by gay site http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/30859209 Glee co-stars Darren Criss and Chris Colfer and Magic Mike's Matt Bomer have been named the hottest men by readers of gay male entertainment website AfterElton.com.
Santorum did not have Grindr on his iPhone
